jesse jarnow
@bourgwick.bsky.social
good ol' grateful deadcast co-host / @wfmu.bsky.social DJ / author of "wasn't that a time" (hachette, 2018), "heads" (hachette, 2016), "big day coming" (gotham, 2012) / jessejarnow.com / heads.social/@bourgwick
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"One of the most important sounds in the past five decades of dance and hip-hop is the Amen break. In this post, I give context for the break and highlight some noteworthy usages over the past four decades."
Amen Break Listening Guide:
Amen Break Listening Guide:
Amen break listening guide
In Advanced Pop Transcription class, we are entering the part of the semester where we turn our focus away from notes and rhythms and toward sound. One of the most important sounds in the past five…
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November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"One of the most important sounds in the past five decades of dance and hip-hop is the Amen break. In this post, I give context for the break and highlight some noteworthy usages over the past four decades."
Amen Break Listening Guide:
Amen Break Listening Guide:
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead open 2 nights in long beach. tape, videos, notes, scene reports, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead open 2 nights in long beach. tape, videos, notes, scene reports, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
utter respect to this @wfmu.bsky.social legend. my sunday mornings will never be the same.
Jeff Sarge has announced that the last episode of his Reggae Schoolroom radio show on @wfmu.bsky.social will be the November 30th, 2025 one – ending the popular show's 41-year(!!) run.
#reggae #DJ #dub #WFMU #ReggaeSchoolroom #JeffSarge #music #photograph #portrait #environmental #radio
#reggae #DJ #dub #WFMU #ReggaeSchoolroom #JeffSarge #music #photograph #portrait #environmental #radio
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
utter respect to this @wfmu.bsky.social legend. my sunday mornings will never be the same.
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
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trust me, guys, "Papers & Paychecks" is not nearly as fun as it sounds... (Dungeons and Dragons, 1979)
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
trust me, guys, "Papers & Paychecks" is not nearly as fun as it sounds... (Dungeons and Dragons, 1979)
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Kudos to the Good Ol Grateful DeadCast. Their Chef's tour of the creative process inside this band has raised my comprehension of my favorite band. I am increasingly appreciating their mid to late 1970s work more and more. #deadsky #gratefuldead #notfadeaway ps: Donna was the best!
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Kudos to the Good Ol Grateful DeadCast. Their Chef's tour of the creative process inside this band has raised my comprehension of my favorite band. I am increasingly appreciating their mid to late 1970s work more and more. #deadsky #gratefuldead #notfadeaway ps: Donna was the best!
this looks really great: "Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team"
www.amazinavenue.com/interviews/8... via @emmastamm.bsky.social
www.amazinavenue.com/interviews/8... via @emmastamm.bsky.social
A chat with A.M. Gittlitz, the author of Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team
The book drops on March 31st.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
this looks really great: "Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team"
www.amazinavenue.com/interviews/8... via @emmastamm.bsky.social
www.amazinavenue.com/interviews/8... via @emmastamm.bsky.social
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We’re celebrating one year of the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project! 1,500+ shows uploaded, 133k streams, and countless rediscovered memories. Read our update on the journey - and what’s coming next, including rare gems like The Cure’s 1984 Chicago show.
aadamjacobscollection.org/2025/11/16/c...
aadamjacobscollection.org/2025/11/16/c...
Checking In: One Year Into the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project – A Mad Undertaking
aadamjacobscollection.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re celebrating one year of the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project! 1,500+ shows uploaded, 133k streams, and countless rediscovered memories. Read our update on the journey - and what’s coming next, including rare gems like The Cure’s 1984 Chicago show.
aadamjacobscollection.org/2025/11/16/c...
aadamjacobscollection.org/2025/11/16/c...
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Here’s the Second Avenue Theater, later the Anderson, and for about a week the CBGBs Theater. It was the first place “Because the Night” was ever performed live, Bruce Springsteen joining the Patti Smith Group onstage, before the NYFD showed up & shut things down
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here’s the Second Avenue Theater, later the Anderson, and for about a week the CBGBs Theater. It was the first place “Because the Night” was ever performed live, Bruce Springsteen joining the Patti Smith Group onstage, before the NYFD showed up & shut things down
wanna plug this one more time: there's a pretty much a whole secret deadcast episode about "one from the vault" hidden inside our "sage & spirit" episode! #deadfreaksunite
especially, this deadcast features an extended visit to the dead’s classic show at the great american music hall in ’75, now “one from the vault,” untangling myths & cricket stories with attendees, organizers, the venue’s house engineer, plus wee bits from donna jean. www.dead.net/deadcast/blu... /2
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
wanna plug this one more time: there's a pretty much a whole secret deadcast episode about "one from the vault" hidden inside our "sage & spirit" episode! #deadfreaksunite
first week of october 1939.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
first week of october 1939.
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A great resource (thanks @bourgwick.bsky.social)—Greenpoint locals may have noticed that construction workers unearthed vintage stained-glass signage in late Oct. on Manhattan Ave. (1940s tax photo here) forgotten-ny.com/2025/10/wien... greenpointers.com/2025/11/12/v... #brooklyn
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A great resource (thanks @bourgwick.bsky.social)—Greenpoint locals may have noticed that construction workers unearthed vintage stained-glass signage in late Oct. on Manhattan Ave. (1940s tax photo here) forgotten-ny.com/2025/10/wien... greenpointers.com/2025/11/12/v... #brooklyn
just learned about the delightful 1940s.nyc, which matches tax assessment photos with old maps for maximum street-view time travel. here's the almanac house, where pete seeger & woody guthrie threw basement gigs & partied with dashiell hammett & nicholas ray, among others.
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
just learned about the delightful 1940s.nyc, which matches tax assessment photos with old maps for maximum street-view time travel. here's the almanac house, where pete seeger & woody guthrie threw basement gigs & partied with dashiell hammett & nicholas ray, among others.
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APPLE MOVED THEIR TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION TEAM TO AN OFFICE WITH NO SHELVES AND GAVE AWAY ALL THEIR BOOKS ?????????
A few years ago they moved their technical documentation team to the spaceship, to an office that had NO bookshelves. They posted on Slack that their entire library was basically up for grabs.
I got an autographed copy of Ted Nelson’s Possiplex out of it, among other treasures.
I got an autographed copy of Ted Nelson’s Possiplex out of it, among other treasures.
July 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
APPLE MOVED THEIR TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION TEAM TO AN OFFICE WITH NO SHELVES AND GAVE AWAY ALL THEIR BOOKS ?????????
50 years ago tonight, seastones in san rafael, the 3rd of 4 performances in '75. probably ned lagin's last time playing with jerry garcia & david crosby (though that may have come earlier). no known tape or scene reports.
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
50 years ago tonight, seastones in san rafael, the 3rd of 4 performances in '75. probably ned lagin's last time playing with jerry garcia & david crosby (though that may have come earlier). no known tape or scene reports.
at property is theft, tom & danny from garcia peoples, minus the peoples, plus loops/beats/ebows & such. loose forms, sometimes a mite rough, sometimes ecstatic, all miniature distillations of the GPs' gooey guitar core.
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
at property is theft, tom & danny from garcia peoples, minus the peoples, plus loops/beats/ebows & such. loose forms, sometimes a mite rough, sometimes ecstatic, all miniature distillations of the GPs' gooey guitar core.
it's sad when bands break up but sadder still when their merch becomes too worn-out to wear out of the house. (brought to you by the retirement of my 2nd akron/family shirt.)
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
it's sad when bands break up but sadder still when their merch becomes too worn-out to wear out of the house. (brought to you by the retirement of my 2nd akron/family shirt.)
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feeling right levitated by chuck smith's fugs film! at @docnycfest.bsky.social, with glorious archival footage & fresh interviews, including ed sanders, the elusive & charming ken weaver, crumb & kominsky together & more. streaming thru 11/30 then up in the air. www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
feeling right levitated by chuck smith's fugs film! at @docnycfest.bsky.social, with glorious archival footage & fresh interviews, including ed sanders, the elusive & charming ken weaver, crumb & kominsky together & more. streaming thru 11/30 then up in the air. www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
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infosatan wants to be free
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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feeling right levitated by chuck smith's fugs film! at @docnycfest.bsky.social, with glorious archival footage & fresh interviews, including ed sanders, the elusive & charming ken weaver, crumb & kominsky together & more. streaming thru 11/30 then up in the air. www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
feeling right levitated by chuck smith's fugs film! at @docnycfest.bsky.social, with glorious archival footage & fresh interviews, including ed sanders, the elusive & charming ken weaver, crumb & kominsky together & more. streaming thru 11/30 then up in the air. www.docnyc.net/film/fugs-fi...
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It feels to me like letting a streaming platform summarize your book for readers using AI could be problematic
newsroom.spotify.com/2025-11-13/a...
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Introducing Audiobook Recaps, a New Way to Reengage With Your Favorite Stories — Spotify
Today, Spotify is beginning to roll out a powerful new feature designed to help listeners jump back into stories they’ve put down, whether it’s after a busy week or a doze during a bedtime story, or s...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It feels to me like letting a streaming platform summarize your book for readers using AI could be problematic
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A biography of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta? Yes please. (Coming from Hachette in March.)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A biography of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta? Yes please. (Coming from Hachette in March.)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.